This was tough, but required reading - incredibly eye opening, but at the same time leaves me feeling helpless to do anything - short of stopping using anything electrical or with batteries.
I will however, when the time comes to upgrade to an EV, do much more thorough research on how and where the batteries came from. This is even though the moral of the story here seems to be that it will never be untainted, hopefully one day someone sets up better infrastructure for the Artisanal miners...one day...
As others have written, this isn't as comprehensive as 'Can't hurt me', but then again how could it be - it's the follow-up to what was already his life story until that time, and he can't simply re-write his childhood to pad out this book. In saying that, this is an awesome sequel to CHM, which I still listen to on the daily to remind myself to never give up, and this is now here to remind me that it's never finished. In whatever it is you're working towards everyone, stay hard!
An account of the first great human rights crusade, which originated in England in the …
Review of 'Bury the Chains' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This was one hell of a read - I've really started to dive into non-fiction over the last couple of months (after never really reading them) and this one blew my mind in what has happened and how little I knew about it and the wider scope of slavery as it happened. I came to this book after reading King Leopold's Ghost, wanting to go back to 'the source' for the abolition of Slavery and this was seems to have all the bases covered, at least from the British perspective - now on onto something else to keep expanding my knowledge of human history!
Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last …
Review of 'Endurance' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I could not put this book down - it read more like a fictional story then true life, and I'm now getting my son to read it also. We have so little to complain about in this day and age by comparison!
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far …
Review of 'Crying in H Mart' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This is my first written review.
I come to this book from a unique perspective, being that my wife is Korean and we have 2 children (boy 15, girl 12) and while my wife has had some health issues in recent years, thankfully she is still with us. So while I can't exactly empathise with everything Michelle has gone through, I can certainly relate to a lot of it.
The long and short of it that this is a very personal story, I've seen other reviews noting that it feels almost too personal, but I imagine it was a cathartic exercise for her to write this and I applaud her for it.
Not the longest book, I finished it within about 5 days, and felt connected to the story right from the beginning having had similar experiences of Korean culture, firstly through my wife and then vicariously through the children. …
This is my first written review.
I come to this book from a unique perspective, being that my wife is Korean and we have 2 children (boy 15, girl 12) and while my wife has had some health issues in recent years, thankfully she is still with us. So while I can't exactly empathise with everything Michelle has gone through, I can certainly relate to a lot of it.
The long and short of it that this is a very personal story, I've seen other reviews noting that it feels almost too personal, but I imagine it was a cathartic exercise for her to write this and I applaud her for it.
Not the longest book, I finished it within about 5 days, and felt connected to the story right from the beginning having had similar experiences of Korean culture, firstly through my wife and then vicariously through the children. Though we aren't based in Korea, I have visit 5-6 times over the last 20 years we've been married to visit her family that are still there, so can easily recall similar scenarios that play out in the story.
I think it's an excellent book and very easy to read, moreso if you have something to relate to it. I've now recommended that the rest of the family read it, starting with my wife, as I'm hugely curious what they will get out of it. I'm also hoping ours kids take some lessons from it, namely appreciating the sacrifices of their mother, and putting the effort in now to learn 한국어. We also tried when they were younger, but esp. now as teenagers it seems like such a pain in the butt to do, but will be so worth it when they are older, should they decide to visit Korea again one day (I've also been very slowly learning on and off over the last 20 years...so understand the struggle, lol).
